Stories from Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Bourbon County Commissioners said Tuesday it's time to review the current agreement the county and City of Fort Scott share for using a rotation system to call towing companies. The county signed an agreement on June 9, 2015, to participate in a call rotation for wrecker services using Central Dispatch...

Fort Scott City Commissioners on Tuesday approved a bid for a project to make access improvements off of U.S. Highway 69 into the Fort Scott Industrial Park near the LaRoche Baseball Complex. The commissioners approved the low bid of $806,295, a joint bid submitted by Heckert Construction Co., Inc., of Pittsburg, and Mission Construction Co., Inc., of St. Paul. City Manager Dave Martin said two bids were received for the project...

Nearly 200 fourth grade students from West Bourbon Elementary, St. Mary's Catholic School, and Eugene Ware Elementary participated in Conservation Day activities in Gunn Park. The event included multiple 15-minute stations that each covered a different area of conservation...

MORAN -- Uniontown's baseball and softball teams each split Three Rivers League make-up doubleheaders here Monday. These were games originally scheduled for April 18. Baseball: Uniontown 20-10, Marmaton Valley 4-12. Uniontown's baseball team split a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Monday, winning game one against Marmaton Valley, 20-4. The Wildcats won the second game 12-10...

NEVADA --Fort Scott High's baseball team took advantage of four Nevada errors in the fifth inning here tuesday as the Tigers went on to beat the host team, 11-4, in a non-league game at Lyons Stadium. "I thought we made some mistakes early on and Nevada really capitalized on them," Fort Scott head coach Josh Regan said afterward. "So I was down on our guys after the first couple innings, and thought we squandered some opportunities."...

James "Jim" Armstrong, 71, of Kansas City, Kan., passed away Saturday, April 30, 2016 surrounded by his family...